Safety Record
Company records indicate around 10,000 workers (roughly 1.6% of its claimed more than 600,000 workers) are injured at work every year. According to a 2002 report by the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department, Labor Ready employees are injured at three times the U.S. national average rate: every year, 25% of Labor Ready employees are injured. Various unions have accused Labor Ready of deceptive practices and of mistreating its employees.
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